When It’s Cheaper Across The Causeway: Tentage

So I just came back from a majlis Aqiqah/cukur rambut for my niece. My cousin (the daddy) lives in JB with his family so they held the majlis at their property. Upon arriving, I was truly impressed by the canvas tentage propped in the compound of the house, siap ngan kerusi meja and simple decor.

Of course I had to find out how much it had to cost (bukan nya nak tengok the cute niece tau, sibuk nak tanya orang pasal tentage heh) so I asked my aunt about it. Terperanjat beruk when I heard she only spent RM320 on the tentage, tables/chairs, buffet table, lights and fans, all with installation service.

No wonder Malaysians can do up lovely events, tak kira kahwin or not, because everything’s so blardy cheap there!!! Like the Majlis Aqiqah below:

Haizzzz sugguh tak aci. Here, you’re lucky if you can get a tentage for under $2k. And fan units can go up to $30 per piece, apa lagi kerusi meja. Oh, on a completely unrelated note, another one of my M’sian cousin’s getting married in June and I flipped when I heard she hasn’t booked her actual day photography yet. She even said, “Alah, chill je masih siang kot.” MASIH SIANG YOU SAY?? Best perrrrr boleh chill gini. Pfffft.

Kdah enough of the ranting, and let’s enjoy the sight of three yummy baby nieces / nephew I met earlier.Cute kan? Must be in the genes hehhhhhh.

Yes agreed! I love the fact that, if you suddenly decide to get married impromptu in Msia, you still have loads of options. As opposed to SG, you’d have to settle for something you don’t like, dah jadi tak senonoh gitu

It’s a bigger country with bigger pool of talent. So lots of businesses and competition, hence competetive pricing too. Unlike in Singapore, where those who are talented are in somewhat limited supply, so they know they’re in demand and they dare to jack up prices as they know they won’t be short of customers. Plus, cost of living here is much higher. The vendors pun cari makan, and have to pay their staff reasonably.

Plus, pardon me for saying this, but since we are such a small community, people here are more concerned about ‘face’ and appearances? Like we want the best of everything and to appear better than others. That contributes to the ‘book two years in advance’ trend. But if we chose to ‘opt out’ of such social competitiong, it wouldn’t be so pressurising.

It’s all about the sample size. There’s so little of us and everyone wants to be better than everyone else. Susah cam gini, it’s going to be never-ending. But I’m pleased to see more and more new companies propping up, be it photography services or wedding cakes. It’s nice to see fresh new faces 🙂

eh best nye! kalau kite nak tentage worth of $320, i rase we can only get it at the size of a push cart. if only our SOL here isn’t that high, i’m sure our local vendors would be able to charge about the same price too eh.